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A Bacillus subtilis sensor kinase involved in triggering biofilm formation on the roots of tomato plants.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Aug 2012
Chen Yun, Cao Shugeng, Chai Yunrong, Clardy Jon, Kolter Roberto, Guo Jian-hua, Losick Richard
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The soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis is widely used in agriculture as a biocontrol agent able to protect plants from a variety of pathogens. Protection is thought to involve the formation of bacterial communities - biofilms - on the roots of the plants. Here we used confocal microscopy to visualize biofilms on the surface of the roots of tomato seedlings and demonstrated that biofilm formation requires genes...
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